Dong Chinese dictionary

ruǎn

flexible, soft, weak

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 耎 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

ruǎn

flexible, soft, weak

欠 is shorthand for the phonetic 耎 component in the variant character 輭.

Evolution

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

ruǎn

soft, flexible, pliable; weak; soft; flexible

Most common words with 軟

Sources